1. Egypt To List Military-Owned Companies for Sale In Renewed Privatization Drive

    ...power in 2014.   And just last week, the military-owned Mostakbal Misr Agency for Sustainable Development took over Egypt’s import of strategic commodities, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The agency replaces the state-owned General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), which has fo...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 50
    Published at Fri, 13 Dec 2024
  2. Saudi Arabia Revises Down Mid-Term Revenue Expectations

    ...ands at $96.20/B, with speculation that this means the kingdom needs to target an oil price of around $100/B (MEES, 27 September). What this ignores is that Saudi Arabia has only achieved a surplus once since 2014 – during 2022 when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted oil markets (see chart 1) – and ye...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 40
    Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2024
  3. Cairo Advances Subsidy Cuts But Will They Outpace Inflation?

    ...nth, as the government announced the new bread prices, PM Moustafa Madbouly said that the Electricity Ministry was developing a plan to completely phase out electricity subsidies over the coming four years, the latest in a series of extensions since the initial plan was set out in 2014 (MEES, 24 Oc...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 26
    Published at Fri, 28 Jun 2024
  4. Libya: SLB’s Quit Threat Could Send Output Gains Into Reverse

    ...talEnergies of France. This was for a three-year contract to deploy an “express” early production facility (EPF) at the Sirte Basin’s Mabruk field which has been shut-in since surface facilities were badly damaged by Islamic State-affiliated militants in December 2014 (MEES, 6 March 2015). SLB says the Ma...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 24
    Published at Fri, 14 Jun 2024
  5. Opec Revenues Fall By $160bn In 2023

    ...op, revenues were still the second highest on an annual basis since 2014. Last year saw the market stabilize following the disruption caused by Russia’s early-2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russian supply proved robust, US output boomed, and demand growth was historically strong at more than 2mn b/d. But su...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 13
    Published at Fri, 29 Mar 2024
  6. Qatar Trade Revenues Fall From 2022 High

    ...Qatar’s exceptional 2022 revenues from record oil and gas prices subsided in 2023 but its $66bn trade surplus was still the second highest since 2014. With a clear path to further hike earnings, Doha has snagged a credit rating upgrade. Like most hydrocarbon producers Qatar made ex...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 05
    Published at Fri, 02 Feb 2024